In a period devoid of love, the spiritual worries of Mazzucconi, who
was starting to come out of the shadow that had been cast upon him for
quite some time, were leading him to visions and intuitions of noticeable
value, but their pictorial result is characterised by a certain chill.
The sacred fire of love, that gives painting all its power, in the happy
moments, but more still in the unhappy ones, is no longer behind it.